LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 140 “Conquering the tower.”
Chapter 140
“Conquering the tower.”
[You’ve gained 3000 experience points!]
[You have leveled up!]
[The user is now level 35!]
[The boss on the 20th floor of the dungeon has been defeated!]
[The user has acquired the skill ‘Dark Mana Creation’ as a reward and it has been added to her stats!]
[The user has acquired +10 strength points and they have been added to her stats!]]
[The user has gained +10 points of agility and it has been added to her stats!]
[User has gained 1000 bonus experience points for participating in defeating the boss!]
With her nerves on edge, Kalysto ended up jumping as the series of notifications appeared to her left and the rest of the group of heroes were teleported up to the boss’s room.
At least this time, it was easier to get my body back.magic. She consoled herself, although that didn’t make her fear disappear completely. I need to find someone to teach me about mind magic, I need to raise my barrier level... it’s the only way to be sure I won’t lose control of my body again.
A wave of fear settled in her stomach as she remembered what Persephone had said about assassinating the queen. And if somehow the system interprets that as a violation of my contract... I’ll be dead.
The hairs on her arms stood on end and her blood seemed to turn to ice at the very thought.
Too deep in her own thoughts, it took her a few minutes to pay attention to what the newly arrived heroes were doing. And for a few seconds, no one spoke.
“Did you kill a boss again?” Gideon grunted. “When is it going to be our turn to do it? Do you plan to keep all the good stuff for yourself and leave absolutely nothing for the others?”
“Gideon is right! We have the right to grow and become stronger, too! You must give us the chance to do so!” Edward joined in.
Kalysto could almost feel that she was about to get a bad migraine.
She let out a growl, annoyed at the level of stupidity of those two and turned to look at each of their faces, suddenly feeling them as a burden she no longer wanted to have and as a problem that paled in comparison to everything else she was facing.
“Do you want to kill monsters and get stronger?” She questioned in a silky voice after peppering them with her gaze, causing the blond to instinctively take a step back.
“Yes!" Edward replied confidently, feeling supported by Gideon and completely sure that Kalysto would never hurt him.
“Yes? Great!” she said, her voice full of irony. “Then do it when we get out of here, because I don’t have time for you anymore!”
Stealth! She thought and immediately positioned herself behind Edward and Gideon, placing one hand on the back of each of their necks. Sleep well! Sleep well! She mentally conjured, and both young men closed their eyes. By the time their bodies fell to the ground, Kalysto was already behind Gabriel and Emanuel. Sleep well! Sleep well! And she repeated the process.
“Kalysto?” Rita questioned, worried. “What’s going on? Is everything all right? Are they all right?”
Koden rushed to touch Edward’s neck and check his vital signs, then exhaled with relief that his friend was still alive.
Oscar, for his part, immediately pulled out two daggers, alert for any movement that would indicate that it was his turn to be attacked.
“Whatever you did with them, I assure you it won’t be so easy for you to do the same to me!” said the dark-haired man.
“But I’m already doing it," answered Kalysto as she deactivated the stealth skill and her silhouette appeared right behind Oscar as she held them by the back of the neck. Sleep well! Sleep well! “You have nothing to worry about, they’re fine. I just had to put them to sleep to get them out of the way," she added, looking at Rita and Koden.
“What’s wrong?” Koden worried as he saw the sudden tension in her and her change of attitude.
“...We have to get out of here, immediately," answered Kalysto, causing fear and worry to shine on the faces of the other two heroes. She instead grabbed Emanuel and Gideon by the belt of their pants and pulled them through the blue portal that would take them to the next level. Then she picked Gabriel up a little more gently.
“Kalysto, what happened? Is your boss summoning you?” Rita wanted to know, as she hugged Oscar’s sleeping body.
The look Kalytso gave them, full of anguish and worry, made them think it was so.
No, something even worse... Kalysto thought. At any moment I myself could become a danger to you...
“Could you help carry the rest? As I said before, we have to get out of here as soon as possible” Koden and Rita rushed to grab the other two heroes and while they were doing it, Kalysto went through the portal and deposited Gabriel on the ground, on top of the other heroes.
[Warning! The user has entered the twenty-first floor of the dungeon!]
Ignoring the welcome screen, Kalysto immediately stepped a bit away from the portal as she pulled the communication crystal out of her inventory.
“Caranthir! Caranthir, answer!” The elf took a few seconds to respond.
“Yes, sa..." but Kalysto didn’t let him finish the sentence, not wanting Koden and Rita, who had just arrived to hear about her other class.
“I just finished the 20th floor, I’m not sure how far I have to go to conquer the rest of the tower but it shouldn’t be much," she informed, “Whatever you’re doing, finish it quickly and come to the meeting point I indicated before. We’ll be waiting for you,” she whispered, but as she had expected, the other two were quite attentive to her conversation.
“I still don’t have enough mana potions ready," answered the elf just as she was trying to put the crystal back into her inventory.
“Bring the ones you have. As long as we can leave them in the kingdom of Solis, it will be more than enough," she grunted before putting it away.
“Who was that?” Rita asked.
“The one who will help us escape from this kingdom," she clarified. “However, I warn you that he is not human, so if you see any discrepancy in his appearance, please do me a favor and do not comment on it. Not all species are friendly to humans.”
“Okay,” they replied at the same time.
“But are you sure he’s going to help us?” Koden worried as he put Edward’s body on the ground, along with the others. Rita imitated him, but unlike Koden, she was much more careful with Oscar’s body.
“He and I have a deal, he will do his part or I won’t do mine," the other two nodded their heads, understanding what she meant. “From now on, things will be a bit chaotic," she warned them. “You will have to take the rest while I take care of eliminating the monsters and conquering the floors that are needed. Once we get out of the tower, Rita, I need you to launch a great flare of fire into the sky at the moment I tell you to do so” Rita immediately nodded her head.
“Count me in!” The blonde encouraged herself, already wanting to get out of there, breathe some fresh air, eat and get some sleep.
“That will serve as a signal to locate us, but most likely, we will have to move in small groups. He will teleport us to two cities in the kingdom of Solis. And once we are there, he will help us create your IDs, and you will register in the adventurer’s guild, so you won’t have so many problems and you will be able to get work and money to support yourselves. Maybe I can get you a place to sleep for a few days, but technically from the moment we take you to Solis, you will all be on your own,” she clarified.
“Then it’s true that you have to go," Koden commented.
“I told you from the beginning that I had a work contract. In fact, I had spent too much time with you," she clarified. “Besides, this morning my boss got upset and ordered me to come back. I barely managed to get a little extra time to help you escape.“
“And you wasted it with us instead of going to find your best friend," Rita realized.
“... Exactly," she exhaled. And although she was well aware that they would have died if she wasn’t helping them escape, at the same time, she felt bad that she wasn’t looking for Alice instead of helping them.
Just a couple more hours. She tried to convince herself. Just a little longer and I’ll be able to find her.
“... I’m sorry," Koden apologized. Despite all you have done for us, the others....
“I thank you on behalf of the rest of the group for all you have done for us. I mean it. Most of us would have died if it weren’t for you," commented Rita, taking her hand and squeezing it comradeship. “Thank you. I have no way to thank you for everything you’ve done for me.”
“We’ll find something later for that. For the moment, stay alive and until we get out of the tower, help me carry the rest," she commented before turning and inspecting the lonely stone corridor they were in. Several lit torches illuminated each side of the corridor every few meters. Even so, after the whole situation with the specters breaking through the walls, Kalysto preferred to make sure they were as alone as they thought they were.
“Map!” she whispered. And hundreds of red dots glowed about twenty meters in front of them.